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. 1973 Sep;52(3):240–245. doi: 10.1104/pp.52.3.240

Plastid Differentiation, Acyl Lipid, and Fatty Acid Changes in Developing Green Maize Leaves 1

Rachel M Leech a, M G Rumsby a, W W Thomson a,2
PMCID: PMC366477  PMID: 16658539

Abstract

Plastid differentiation, acyl lipid, and fatty acid composition have been followed in successive 2-cm sections from the base (youngest tissue) to the tip (oldest tissue) of green Zea mays (maize) leaves grown under a normal diurnal light regime. Although the youngest cells (0-4 cm from the leaf base) had only proplastids with one or two grana, they contained chlorophylls a and b, monogalactosyldiglyceride, digalactosyldiglyceride, sulfolipid, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidylglycerol. In the more mature sections, the plastids increased in size 5-fold, and differentiation into mesophyll and bundle-shealth chloroplasts had occurred. Concomitantly, the levels of all the lipids increased with the exception of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine which decreased. With increasing cell maturity, the percentage of linolenic acid increased in all the individual acyl lipids, but palmitic acid remained constant in phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, and sulfolipid. The Δ3t-hexadecenoic acid was only detectable in the phosphatidylglycerol of the most mature maize tissue.

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